My Rise and Fall: How I succumbed to MAGICAL FRIENDSHIP

[Locke cole]

I think her voice was a bit too... I dunno. Maybe a bit too spacey.

Also, I like to imagine that her real name is Ditzy, and Derpy is something of a nickname. Because this would make her the same as the one who messed up the Southern Birds thing, implying that Rainbow Dash is something of a long-suffering acquaintance of hers.

And of course cherrychangas are more important. They sound delicious.

[Flarecobra]

Nah, her real name is Derpy. Ditzy is the one with the purple mane. Plus everyplace else is discussing nothing but Derps speaking.

Anyway, back to the rest of the episode.

Nice touch that they didn't have Pinkie and Rarity suddonly appear.

[Solid Snake]

You guys, it's true:

Italians know how to do OPs. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dchiYx5Hzo&feature=related)

[Flarecobra]

I wonder how often this actually does occur... (http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/025/2/9/mlp_bathroom_emergency_by_loceri-d4njmj4.png)

And now for something completely silly.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZHIsGM_AQ_8/TyDJiIJrVoI/AAAAAAAAciM/KgKqVqrkQ-g/s1600/151.jpg

And for Nov. 21st...

...

FUCK.

[Locke cole]

You guys, it's true:

Italians know how to do OPs. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dchiYx5Hzo&feature=related)

That was really amazing.

Seriously, it's done so very well, and the way it's cut from clips of so many different episodes actually does quite well at getting the style of the show across.

[Bob The Mercenary]

Stole the elements of harmony with Discord.

Badass.

[Osterbaum]

Create battle clones of Princess Luna.

[Donomni]

I get banished to magic kindergarten with Pinkie Pie?

Oh, what FUN we'll have...

[Locke cole]

]

And for Nov. 21st...

...

FUCK.

I hope you and your sidekick can defeat the gang of criminals recently started by Cheerilee and I.

Do you think you have what it takes to defeat the Smooth Criminals?

[Flarecobra]

Let's make a deal. You take away the snob, and make her disappear, and we'll never speak of this again.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

"Married to Rainbow Dash."

Welp.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

I hope you and your sidekick can defeat the gang of criminals recently started by Cheerilee and I.

Do you think you have what it takes to defeat the Smooth Criminals?

The question is, can you win a gang war against me and Luna?

[Locke cole]

It doesn't have to come to that. We just gotta stay out of your turf. It just so happens that your turf isn't a physical area, but a time of day.

[DarkDrgon]

I married celestia

http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/121/527/Celestia%20troll%20face.jpg

[Bob The Mercenary]

I forgot I actually have this episode on DVR and stopped watching at the opening credits because I had to go to work. :(

[Flarecobra]

"Married to Rainbow Dash."

Welp.

Lucky.

By the way... pony kart. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD2TbtxjTho&feature=player_embedded)

[Roland]

Less than two days until the new episode. A second Applejack episode in a row, and I can't for the life of me remember the name of it.

And in unrelated news, Ponychan is down. Balls.

[Flarecobra]

It's "The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000".

Long ass name.

[Bob The Mercenary]

Okay, that was officially my favorite episode.

Pinkie promisssssssssssssssssssse!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Flarecobra]

Interesting note about Derps.

The VA thought Derpy was male. (http://i.imgur.com/PU32W.png)

[Gregness]

WCP9Jn2Q0cQ

[Flarecobra]

So in the new pony episode... we had referances to Willy Wonka, Family Guy, and Back to the Future...

And I cannot blame Dash for getting so frustrated. Good cider is amazing.

[Bob The Mercenary]

I absolutely loved the ending. "Ah didn't learn a thang. Ah was right all along!."

[Sifright]

Well, I found this from another site.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUDfoZGhLjE&feature=relmfu

It's a Video fiction cross of Phoenix Wright and MLP. It's actually pretty good although in Part 2 video (Which is an hour long) one of the VAs has a terrible mic.

[Solid Snake]

Well, I found this from another site.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUDfoZGhLjE&feature=relmfu

It's a Video fiction cross of Phoenix Wright and MLP. It's actually pretty good although in Part 2 video (Which is an hour long) one of the VAs has a terrible mic.

Oh God it's like two of my favorite things combined into a terrible mishmash plot with awful voice acting
PERFECT
The nerdgasms, they are intense

[Flarecobra]

Have some pony G-mod awesomeness. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8OXj60Nv9I&feature=player_embedded)

By the way, on March 3rd... Fluttershy becomes assertive.

And the Battleship game on the Hub website needs the pony version.

And as a little aside... Someone who can do Pinkie Pie's voice is offering Pinkiegrams for Valentine's Day, for a small fee.

Links are on there. (http://www.youtube.com/user/BreeFaithVA)

[TDK]

I have started watching Friendship is Magic. I was skeptical about its awesomeness, but I am no longer.




Rainbow Dash is the best pony. That is all.

[Solid Snake]

And as a little aside... Someone who can do Pinkie Pie's voice is offering Pinkiegrams for Valentine's Day, for a small fee.

Links are on there. (http://www.youtube.com/user/BreeFaithVA)

fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuccccccccccckkkkk

I WANT I WANT I WANT

Oh man if only I could like commission her to read an entire novel to me
Or just say, like, "You're my very best friend, Solid Snake!"
OH GOD THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN

[Flarecobra]

I can't afford to do that at this time...

However...

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Di7mjXyGoxA/TzOH75fSAEI/AAAAAAAAeOg/pYaEfFTszoc/s1600/1.jpg Pinkie has broken universes now, and has set up shop in Regnarok Online. (http://www.playragnarok.com/news/eventdetail.aspx?id=155&p=1)

[BitVyper]

http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll8e2mikWE1qiq96ko1_500.png

[Bob The Mercenary]

MLP marathon today on the Hub network.

[Flarecobra]

Ponykart update. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wyMSoaMMYyY)

[Solid Snake]

This. Episode. IS. AMAZING

That is all

[Flarecobra]

Figured you'd like that one. With 4 Pinkie songs.

[Geminex]

Are you guys aware of this yet?
Because you should be aware of this. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=RuboJKWIe1c)

[Solid Snake]

Figured you'd like that one. With 4 Pinkie songs.

That first song, the "Smile, Smile, Smile" one.
I will listen to that song every day
And I will never be sad again

EDIT: Ssssqqqquuuueeeeeeeeeeeee (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFf_rGavnFk)

[Flarecobra]

Are you guys aware of this yet?
Because you should be aware of this. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=RuboJKWIe1c)

I was actually disappointed in that... it wasn't really that funny.

[Bard The 5th LW]

MAD is pretty unfunny on the whole.

[Locke cole]

I kinda feel like that the ending was a tad contrived, but it was a good episode overall.

[Solid Snake]

I kinda feel like that the ending was a tad contrived, but it was a good episode overall.

The strange thing about the MAD segment was, even as a Brony, I felt the most successful moments in the segment involved Tintin and War Horse and basically everything except Pinkie Pie and the ponies.

[Locke cole]

"MAD segment"? "Tintin and War Horse"?

Sorry, I don't really know what those are.

[Solid Snake]

"MAD segment"? "Tintin and War Horse"?

Sorry, I don't really know what those are.

Uhh, references in the vide--
...nevermind.

[Locke cole]

Ah, I found the clip after asking that.

I don't really watch MAD, so it didn't jump to mind, sorry.

[Regulus Tera]

Very lovely episode, and it was even very well-animated. I adored the thing they did for Pinkie Pie's checklist.

Is it me or the songs this season are a notch above those of last year? Also, thank God we are moving away from CMC-centric plots.

[Solid Snake]

Is it me or the songs this season are a notch above those of last year? Also, thank God we are moving away from CMC-centric plots.

I'd agree, with the exception of "Winter Wrap Up." That was my favorite MLP: FiM tune until today's "Smile!"

[Regulus Tera]

I always thought Winter Wrap-Up was overhyped. There were catchier songs in season one, but again, I didn't like that episode that much.

[Locke cole]

I'm actually interested that the CMC are doing plots that are entirely separate from any, well, cutie-mark crusading, as it were.

Sure, they still screw up a good deal, but it's nice to see that that isn't all that their friendship (and characters) are good for.

[Solid Snake]

I'm actually interested that the CMC are doing plots that are entirely separate from any, well, cutie-mark crusading, as it were.

Sure, they still screw up a good deal, but it's nice to see that that isn't all that their friendship (and characters) are good for.

The Big Mac x Cheerilee episode would have been ten times more interesting if we actually got some insight into Cheerliee or Big Mac, though.
...Instead, the episode was dominated by the three personalities who weren't even the centerpiece of the presumed love story, which was unfortunate because I'd prefer giving Big Mac and Cheerilee the screentime as opposed to letting the CMC hoard it

...This episode was so amazing I'm willing to overlook all faults, though.
Objectively speaking, and my Pinkie Pie fanboyism aside, it wasn't the best Season Two episode, but it was damned close.
Subjectively speaking the episode was BESTEST EVER PINKIE IS SO ADORABLE Y'ALL

[Flarecobra]

the H&H episode was them playing matchmaker. That's all.

Though I had to laugh a bit, as Dashie was just there, reading.

Hell, aside from that one song number which involved basically the entire town... she was basically like this. (http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/049/8/d/no_time_for_episodes_by_johnjoseco-d4q5ems.png)

[Regulus Tera]

My problem with the CMC isn't so much their personalities as it is the fact that we haven't had a proper Fluttershy episode this year yet. >:(

[Solid Snake]

My problem with the CMC isn't so much their personalities as it is the fact that we haven't had a proper Fluttershy episode this year yet. >:(

Next episode will fulfill your very wish.

[Locke cole]

Heh.

Another upcoming episode's been announced.

Something to do with a Great Dragon Migration.

But the important part is that they're actually calling it "Dragon Quest".

[Regulus Tera]

Next episode will fulfill your very wish.
Or we could have had more than one Fluttershy episode this season.

Fucking priorities man.

[Flarecobra]

Here ya go Snake.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-irdjkysNgSM/T0DYF7dYMzI/AAAAAAAAfto/cM3z_HPW5j0/s1600/Clipboard01.jpg

It appears to be a Hot Topic exclusive.

[Nikose Tyris]

Hot Topic: Haha, fuck licensing!

[Flarecobra]

By the way: No comments on the Flashdance homage? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpyYHbaRl3s)

Goddamnit Pinkie. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHQ_dKsL9cw&feature=g-all-u&context=G2fba593FAAAAAAAAAAA)

[Kim]

Merry Christmas

http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/fucknoreligiousfanart/7971286468/1/tumblr_looqcfASfV1qkpphb

[Solid Snake]

...I...
...don't get it

[Kim]

Neither do I, Snake.

Neither do I.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc230/Shyria_Dracnoir/112016-animatedbabypound_cakepumpkin_cake.gif

[PCD]

"I wish I could really meet Pinkie!" they all say....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v664/PCD/irl_mlp.gif

[Flarecobra]

I can see Snake jump at surprise at first, but then hug her.

[Solid Snake]

...

........


...Heh.

There have been episodes of MLP: FiM before that I've considered 'mediocre' or 'average' in quality, but I have to say today's new episode was the first I ever thought was just bad. Like, just poorly written, poorly executed, poorly imagined.

...Maybe I'm being a bit harsh because this episode had the misfortune of coming right after one of the series' best ("Smile" will forever have a permanent slot in my iPod), but man, everything about this episode just seemed rather off. The two most glaring issues for me were:

1: Angel essentially abusing Fluttershy like a husband would abuse a wife, going so far as to physically strike her, and never truly receiving a comeuppance for his behavior (the moral of the story is "Make him appreciate the food you do cook for him," not "Leave his sorry ass;" imagine that moral applied in the context of human male/female relationships...

2: Rarity suggesting to Fluttershy that "being assertive" is flirting. That whole sequence was offensive to women (to get what you want, sell your sex appeal!) and to nerds (they're so hideous and socially awkward they'll bend over backwards the moment you say anything nice to them!)

While Rarity's had moments like that before, it's usually been in the context of her learning a lesson about her poor behavior, and/or in the context of her friendship with Spike, which is written quite well. Here it was just off-putting, particularly since the lesson is presented positively to Fluttershy, like, "Here is what (other) women should do."

...Yeah, just a weird episode. It's not anything I'd stop watching the show over, as overall MLP's had far too many great memories and progressive morals and fun characters to let this outweigh that, but this is an episode I don't foresee myself watching again.

[Locke cole]

There was the fact that, when it came down to it at the end, flirting and trickery failed where actual assertiveness (while remaining polite) worked.

[Flarecobra]

MLP: Flutterbitch Strikes Back.

or: The Return of The Stare.

[Arcanum]

Why did they have to make the Fluttershy episode terrible? :(

On an unrelated to the latest episode note, I found this:

trCf9eCmIHY

[Regulus Tera]

"You are so handsome."

Flutterslut. >=( *tears posters apart, sets Fluttershy toys on fire* gdlk episode will watch again fluttershy episodes are always the best

also snake is a grumpy meanie grumpy pumpkin

[Solid Snake]

also snake is a grumpy meanie grumpy pumpkin[/color]

Yes, because my criticism of a few elements of a single episode undoubtedly outweighs the copious amounts of praise I've thrust upon MLP: FiM on a weekly basis
I mean it's not like I'm the guy who's often accused of being too obsessed with ponies

[Regulus Tera]

Yes, because my criticism of a few elements of a single episode undoubtedly outweighs the copious amounts of praise I've thrust upon MLP: FiM on a weekly basis
I mean it's not like I'm the guy who's often accused of being too obsessed with ponies
I rather have Whority and Flutterslut than another fucking CMC episode. I think you are looking at the Fluttershy/Angel relationship from the wrong angle; that scene is suppose to evoke a maternal vibe. Angel is acting like a petty child who always gets his way because the mother is far too preoccupied with being nice to him. The point is that Fluttershy's insistence on trying to please him is misguiding him too, breaking their familiar structure.

I will admit that Rarity using sex appeal to further pursue her own interests is not a good lesson for the kids, but I can forgive that instance because it was played for the lulz. This episode was easily one of my favourites this season because of the way it played with Fluttershy's archetype and putting her into the entire opposite. Actually, the best MLP episodes are those that do exactly that with each pony.

[Solid Snake]

...Now that was more like it.

[Regulus Tera]

NO FREE WILL

PRE-ORDANIED DESTINIES

[Locke cole]

Sorry, I can't hear you over Twilight looking like Naked Snake.

[Donomni]

I think you mean Old Snake.

"Equestria... has changed... but only a bit. Like I said, next Tuesday."

[Locke cole]

Eyepatch, though... Oh right, I forgot the eyepatch-like sensor that Old Snake has.

[Kim]

why why why why why why why why why why why (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6jX1J8DQ5A&feature=youtu.be)

[Solid Snake]

why why why why why why why why why why why (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6jX1J8DQ5A&feature=youtu.be)

...I feel really bad for the guy, to be honest.
In the internet era, folks like him are just going to have a tough go of it.
I'm guessing he has a legit mental / psychological issue. If not well, okay. But if he does, it's cruel to mock him for simply failing to understand how his behavior would be perceived by others.

...In before someone tells me that all Bronies are actually like this
Many bronies aren't so awkward about it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O3tAhQVU3k)

[Kim]

It turns out he's autistic and I'm just a big dumb jerk :<

[Regulus Tera]

I have the Toys R Us MLP set on display in my room. Also one of the Fluttershy toys with brushable hair.

She's so cute. <3

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Things I Learned from Watching Dragon Quest (http://youtu.be/nYzoclkY4Kc)

1) Frat boys: Stupid in any species

2) Crackle is Second Best Dragon

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc230/Shyria_Dracnoir/265b2d6ba6edb1c71a4ac25c011cdc75.jpg

[rpgdemon]

This was an excellent episode, and Crackle is awesome.

[Solid Snake]

Rarity's speech re: fighting dragons near the end of the episode elevated her several notches in my book.

[Flarecobra]

I dawwwwed at the baby phoenixes....

[Shyria Dracnoir]

My face at the baby phoenixes: :D

My face when I learned that the older dragons were going to smush the baby phoenix eggs: D:

[Locke cole]

So, uh...

That new phoenix hatchling is never going to know his parents?

Yeah, it's an interesting parallel with Spike, but it's still kind of a dark implication.

[Regulus Tera]

That was an awesome episode. Spike is slowly becoming one of my favourite characters.

Also nice to see the Spike X Rarity undertones played even more. The little guy deserves some love.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

These two

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc230/Shyria_Dracnoir/150807-artistkarzahniiCracklederpy_hooves.png

In a show like this

gVolqamEQy4

[Solid Snake]

That was an awesome episode. Spike is slowly becoming one of my favourite characters.

Also nice to see the Spike X Rarity undertones played even more. The little guy deserves some love.

I was kind of torn between believing that Rarity's constant use of baby-talk around Spike and her overt friendliness was a conscious attempt to friend-zone him and convey that message across while still maintaining their current platonic relationship, or believing that Rarity's progression from someone who basically ignored Spike and used him as a pincushion in earlier Season One episodes to the pony that cared about him most (more than Twilight!) and who was visibly irate beyond comprehension when Spike was threatened was not only great character development in a kid's show, but also a subtle way to incorporate romantic undertones.

Actually it's probably a testament to the show's quality that it's managed to perfectly balance those two possibilities, so fans of shipping the couple can continue to ship the couple in bliss, while those who dislike the logical implications of Rarity being attracted to a 'baby dragon' can continue to cite evidence as to why it isn't. Andrew Hussie and the MLP: FiM writers seem to share that skill of walking that fine line to please everyone.

[Regulus Tera]

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/a157acea2707e2a2b5a310a7fe9a0b8a/150972%20-%20artist%3Acybertoaster%20peewee%20snoopy_tribute %20spike.jpg
dawwwwwwwwwww

[Flarecobra]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-298TIeZQeAA/T26gLglLo5I/AAAAAAAAC5Y/Ci-TAGTMpLE/s640/Capture.PNG

Steroid use in Equestria confermed?

And Horse Power (As EqD calls him) is most amusing male pony.

[Aerozord]

I prefer the name, Roid Rage

of course he uses them, why do you think his wings are so small

[Regulus Tera]

The moé levels in this episode were off-the-radar.
HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGH

[Flarecobra]

I prefer the name, Roid Rage

of course he uses them, why do you think his wings are so small

I don't like that one, as he doesn't really... rage. He's just extremely enthusastic.

And yeah, I think Scootaloo's are bigger.

EDIT: Possable future Discord? Either way, John DeLance is coming back to Pony.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NHm4fQx4m20/T3Fyyz0q3RI/AAAAAAAAkGs/LRBgTfH0WIc/s1600/Capture.JPG

[Regulus Tera]

Another CMC episode. :X

[Flarecobra]

Wasn't that bad actually.

[Kim]

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/5c18e4474be5e83ec7fddc2a8c44c07d/107693%20-%20artist%3Adalapony%20balloons%20big_mac%20big_ma cintosh%20Bonbon%20cheerilee%20derpy_hooves%20hang ing_balloons%20Horror%20junji_ito%20lily%20Lyra%20 nightmare_fuel%20oh_god_what%20pinkie_pie%20scoota loo%20Scootaloon%20the_horror%20twilight_sparkle.j pg

[Flarecobra]

Looks like Big D has the perfect plan to deal with that.

[Kim]

Won't work.
http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lea0jgwdvj1qzns78o1_500.jpg

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lea285Xio21qzns78o1_500.jpg

[Gregness]

Big Macintosh actually said a full sentence? O.o

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Why does everybody always act surprised when Big Mac speaks? He's quiet most of the time yeah but he's not incapable of speaking. He spoke a full sentance in the 3rd ever episode, it's not that unnusual.

[Solid Snake]

Why does everybody always act surprised when Big Mac speaks? He's quiet most of the time yeah but he's not incapable of speaking. He spoke a full sentance in the 3rd ever episode, it's not that unnusual.

For me it wasn't so much "Big Mac speaking a full sentence" (because he's said plenty) but rather the fact that Applejack said "Yup" and "Nope" while Big Mac went into a moralistic diatribe of not wanting to speak to his younger sister that honestly seemed sort of out-of-character for him.

I mean Big Mac didn't seem nearly as upset about being forcibly brainwashed into loving Cheerilee and nearly marrying her and that was kind of more personally significant than just being the subject of a trashy news story

[Gregness]

For me it wasn't so much "Big Mac speaking a full sentence" (because he's said plenty) but rather the fact that Applejack said "Yup" and "Nope" while Big Mac went into a moralistic diatribe of not wanting to speak to his younger sister that honestly seemed sort of out-of-character for him.

I mean Big Mac didn't seem nearly as upset about being forcibly brainwashed into loving Cheerilee and nearly marrying her and that was kind of more personally significant than just being the subject of a trashy news story

I think the (speaking) role reversal between Applejack and Big Mac was to highlight exactly how bad the trio had screwed up. The key difference between this and the hearts and hooves day thing was that with that they at least meant well. Not so much here.

[shiney]

So I understand Netflix streaming has added 26 episodes of MLP:FIM.

[Aerozord]

For me it wasn't so much "Big Mac speaking a full sentence" (because he's said plenty) but rather the fact that Applejack said "Yup" and "Nope" while Big Mac went into a moralistic diatribe of not wanting to speak to his younger sister that honestly seemed sort of out-of-character for him.

I mean Big Mac didn't seem nearly as upset about being forcibly brainwashed into loving Cheerilee and nearly marrying her and that was kind of more personally significant than just being the subject of a trashy news story

only other time we saw him really talking, was lecturing his little sister. He is doing the same, but instead of trying to advice Applejack he is scolding Apple Bloom.

And to be fair he didn't remember the brainwashing. Kind of hard to be upset about something you dont remember. Plus, though it was them joking it wouldn't surprise me if him and Cheerilee did hook up after that.

[Solid Snake]

Pinkie Pie episodes confirmed for best episodes
Oh dear heavens that was glorious

[Flarecobra]

AJ had to have done SOMETHING, judging from her look.

[Solid Snake]

AJ had to have done SOMETHING, judging from her look.

I'm guessing AJ actually snuck in and took a bite of the cake along with the other ladies, but left no 'evidence' behind (insofar as she cannot use magic or fly) like the others did.
Nice job element of honesty

[Flarecobra]

She really hasn't lived up to her element too well.

[Locke cole]

She had no opportunity, though.

She would have had no escape route if she'd gone in during the first two chases, I doubt she coordinated with Rarity for the blackout (they all seemed to work alone), and asleep though she was, Pinkie would have woken up if she'd gone in later, as she would have had to open the doors to get in.

also: what's this about her not living up to her element? Hell, the entirety of The Last Roundup was her getting completely broken over not being able to fulfill a promise.

[Flarecobra]

She looked guilty of SOMETHING.

[EVILNess]

I refuse to watch any episodes of this show (Until my excuse niece moves back nearby) although the inclusion of it on Netflix has tempted me, but ultimately shame has stayed my hand.

However, the musical numbers are fantastic.

[Locke cole]

Unless you've promised your niece that you'll wait until she can watch it with you, I say just go for it.

[Locke cole]

Holy shit, this finale.

Just... wow.

[Flarecobra]

My reactions:

First third of epi one: Average episode
Most of the last 2/3 of epi one: Man, Cadence is a royal bitch...
Finalie of epi one: Shit just got real son.
Start of Epi two: TWILIGHT SHOOTS LASERS
About halfway through epi 2: Shit is about as real as it gets... and Pinkie Pie has a Party Cannon Attack. It's like a good Micheal Bay movie.
Last part: great song, Vinyl finally showed up, and possable Derps sighting.

Overall? First half was good build up. Second half... man... I'm still trying to find the words.

[Locke cole]

And the villain song is just chilling.

EVQBpWE2tyA

[Flarecobra]

She reminded me a bit of the classic Disney villans.

And that's a good thing.

Also, Pinkie Pie's Party Cannon Attack.

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2ujtt2WJK1r6syygo6_r1_250.gif

[Gregness]

She reminded me a bit of the classic Disney villans.

And that's a good thing.

Complete with obligitory snatching of defeat from the jaws of victory.

[Locke cole]

I think what she was trying to do with imprisoning Twilight was to goad her into nuking the hell out of the real Cadence.

[Gregness]

I was thinking more about the whole "sure, go ahead and talk to your One True Love, what could that possibly do" thing at the end.

[Aerozord]

Honestly what shocked me was how much they got away with. Guess the network people loosened the reigns a bit
And the villain song is just chilling.
really? To me the songs were the only downside to the episode. Usually I like the music, which is odd for me because I hate musical numbers as a rule, but these ones I just wanted them to skip past.

Except the BBFF song, that one I liked.

By the way, anyone else notice that rainbow dash kissed fluttershy?

[Locke cole]

Eh, compared to the This Day, the BBBFF song was kinda bland. Well, excepting its reprise. That was full of feelings.

[rpgdemon]

I personally thought This Day was pretty lame/disappointing, and BBBFF was way better than it.

[Locke cole]

...huh.

[Locke cole]

Well, this was inevitable:

u68ps4OUpoM

[Flarecobra]

Glad to know I wasn't the only one who picked up on that.

And another realization... there *might* be an 8-bit theater referance in it... recall what powers BM's Hadoken?

[Locke cole]

Meh. The idea is nebulous enough that them independently conceiving of the idea makes sense.

Plus, it was used in a different capacity than just funneling it into a big ol' energy beam.

[Donomni]

Delightfully related to this season finale. (http://docwario.deviantart.com/art/Jinkies-297762514)

[IHateMakingNames]

How can anyone have preferred BBBFF over This Day?

It didn't help that BBBFF appeared for no reason to replace actual speech, which is always terrible. Normal conversation to song to normal conversation with no scene changes is just annoying.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

How can anyone have preferred BBBFF over This Day?

It didn't help that BBBFF appeared for no reason to replace actual speech, which is always terrible. Normal conversation to song to normal conversation with no scene changes is just annoying.

I didn't like it because all of a sudden Twilight has a brother she loves more than anybody that she never mentioned.

[PCD]

I wasn't a fan of BBBFF either--and, to be honest, This Day was only a little better, if you ask me. However, I do give huge props to Ingram for being very clever about it (http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/04/day-arias-hidden-meaning.html).

[Locke cole]

Maybe it was the visuals that made me really like This Day? I don't know. Something about it I felt really did well at portraying extreme malice on one end of it (Chrysalis's second verse in particular), and lots of desperation on the other side.

The fact that all of it was apparently the same singer is a nice touch.

[Arcanum]

BBBFF was just horribly blaaah and the transition into it was extremely awkward.

Meanwhile This Day managed to alternate between sounding sinister and desperate, and was pretty great on the whole.

How can anyone have preferred BBBFF over This Day?

So essentially this.

[rpgdemon]

This Day had no emotion at all put into it! It was very bland.

[Locke cole]

No emotion? What song were you listening to?

I could understand if you thought it was generic, or out-of-place, or whatever, but a lack of emotion is the last complaint I would have thought would be aimed at it. It being highly emotional is the main reason I like it so much.

I mean, I can respect your opinion on the songs, but to be perfectly honest, I'm just baffled.

[rpgdemon]

It all sounded very much flat-toned. While there may have been a level of emotion from both of the characters, it didn't shine through because the entire song was sort of on one flat plane. It doesn't have any sort of variance to catch your attention, which I can't get into. It's very much just straight up, here's a slab, look at it, rather than enveloping you into what it's doing.

Maybe lack of emotion was the wrong phrase, but it doesn't draw you in, it just sits you down in front of it, at an arm's length away.

[Arcanum]

It all sounded very much flat-toned. While there may have been a level of emotion from both of the characters, it didn't shine through because the entire song was sort of on one flat plane. It doesn't have any sort of variance to catch your attention, which I can't get into. It's very much just straight up, here's a slab, look at it, rather than enveloping you into what it's doing.

Maybe lack of emotion was the wrong phrase, but it doesn't draw you in, it just sits you down in front of it, at an arm's length away.

Clearly we aren't listening to the same song, because none of that describes This Day.

[Gregness]

Back to something we can all agree on:

9udha5oToBM

[Flarecobra]

Well, on EqD, there's a poll about the best song of the season going on...

This Day Aria and Smile Smile Smile are leading the pack by a LARGE margin

[DarkDrgon]

am I the only one who thought the Mane cast didn't have too much to do with this finale? Like... the only one who really needed to be there was twilight, and even she didn't do that much. Just felt like more could have been done with it

[IHateMakingNames]

Twilight was relevant in the first half. It was her brother's wedding and she was the only one who noticed something wrong with the bride. In the second half she was captured by the big bad and aided the real Cadance's escape. But then the plot was resolved by the side characters without any influence from Twilight so a lot of that got diminished. Though the other five main ponies did nothing through the episodes besides fail to get the elements.

[Gregness]

I'm actually pretty okay with someone other than the main characters being able to do something once in a while.

[Flarecobra]

I agree. Sometimes it's nice for someone other then the main heroes to save the day once in a while.

[RobinStarwing]

We have achieved critical pony. O_O 20% cooler times 100x. (http://art.ngfiles.com/images/122/alphaxninja_kamina-pony.jpg)

[Gregness]

I can't remember if this got linked earlier in the thread or not.

Very NSFW.

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Edit: The lip synching is so spot on...

[RobinStarwing]

I bring news from another community of Bronies and Pegasisters. The Pardus Brony thread has gone to 630 replies and 12933 views. We rock!

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Been reading Fallout: Equestria. It's pretty fucking good.

[Tev]

So did I miss something huge about Derpy? I saw Bells' thing in the youtube thread and now I'm just confused.

[Flarecobra]

There was a bit of controversy regarding Derp's speaking role back in "The Last Roundup", it's since been settled pretty much.

[Tev]

People were against Derpy talking? 0_o

[Flarecobra]

To be more exact, how she was depicted. Some people (Some parents if you ask me) were saying that she was an insult to the mentally challanged.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

The whole thing seemed pretty stupid to me.

[Nikose Tyris]

Felt like erasure to me.

[Flarecobra]

Well, seeing as Derps was seen rather promently, still wall-eyed, in later episodes...

[IHateMakingNames]

To be more exact, how she was depicted. Some people (Some parents if you ask me) were saying that she was an insult to the mentally challanged.
Well, the actress did say she thought Derpy was a male character and she voiced him like a slow boy she knew.

[Flarecobra]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qf4WctB1dss/T-pEtm1kK-I/AAAAAAAAHkI/POQFErQXbZM/s1600/Untitled.jpg

I KNEW IT!

[Bob The Mercenary]

Waiting in line with Snake for vouchers to get autographs from the VAs. Not the autographs themselves, mind you. We might not even get them. The wait time for the VOUCHERS is two hours right now. Then we have to wait in ANOTHER line.

Other than that, I bought a few shot glasses and trading cards, Snake bought a Pinkie Pie stein and Twilight t-shirt.

[Locke cole]

...Why does a Pinkie Pie beer stein make perfect sense?

[Bob The Mercenary]

He also dropped and broke the stein not a half hour after he bought it, which makes even more sense.

[rpgdemon]

:( That is sad.

Where are you guys?

[Bob The Mercenary]

I dropped off Snake in the city at around 6 so he could catch his bus back home. We were at Bronycon for the weekend.

[Locke cole]

Dang, that's sad. I know how cool swag like that is. I got a One Piece themed curry bowl some months back (and a glass mug to match).

[Flarecobra]

How bad off was the stein?

[Solid Snake]

How bad off was the stein?

Irredeemable.

Fortunately, I'd much rather have lost the stein than anything else. I can repurchase the exact same stein for another $15 if I really want to (though I probably won't.) Losing the Tara Strong-signed badass Twilight Sparkle-as-Solid-Snake t-shirt would have been a far greater tragedy.

WALLS O' TEXT

The rest of the Con was pretty fun, though.
The second day was better than the first. It wasn't perfect; there were some issues, particularly since it's only their second year. Haphazard planning, technical glitches, poor sound equipment, and a fire broke out! (Though that last part was just foul luck.)

Where Bronycon's really struggling is thematically; I understand the desire to paint a strong narrative to justify the show's popularity and the very existence of the fandom, but it's being taken to unnecessary and frankly self-absorbed extremes. When even I grow a bit tired of the constant self-instilled praise and adulation, you know it's taken a turn beyond melodramatic.

Still, there were a lot of great people at the con, including and especially Lauren Faust, who was adorable, insightful and sincere throughout, and who's quite possibly the only major player whose genuine appreciation I never questioned. It's too bad I missed most of her speeches (only just now watched them online), but I did spend a brief minute chatting with her and I got her autograph. (She complimented the Pinkie you made for me, Bobbie! And signed it!)

...As someone who's never been a fan of any of her prior work -- I barely even knew the Powerpuff Girls existed -- I wasn't even planning on paying for her autograph, but I'm glad I did, it was the highlight of the trip.

...That and spending time with Rob, of course. Rob is still all kinds of aces.

I got Andrea Libman and Tara Strong's autographs, too. I expected meeting Andrea to be the highlight of the trip but made the critical mistake of gunning for her first, which was disastrous as I had no mental script planned out of things to say. I completely blanked out under the pressure and looked extremely nervous. Andrea was polite, though I'm sure she thought I was a tad kooky. She was quiet and appeared bored throughout intermittent spurts of the convention, which actually increased my respect for her in a roundabout way, as that indirect 'honesty' seemed to give her comparatively few qualified positive statements more weight.

...Tara, on the other hand, is a brilliantly skilled actress, even when interacting as 'herself' with the bronies. This made interacting with her quite easy and superficially pleasant, and she was a riot in every panel she participated in. Hard to tell how much of it was real and genuine, though, and how much is just her extroversion working to her advantage in enabling her to pull the right strings.

Rob and I didn't collect autographs or personally 'meet' any of the others present, but I did walk away with some impressions. Celestia and Spike's VAs were both superb, probably the highlights of the VA panels objectively -- more talkative and insightful than Andrea, less PR fluff and shenanigans than Tara. John de Lancie's speech was probably the lowlight of the convention for me; he pushed the "Bronies are special!" bullshit the most of the big names, in a way I personally found less endearing and more obnoxious and exploitative. The writers present were accessible and fun, but the convention charged too much for their autographs, which usually left them sitting alone at vacant tables.


As for the bronies...uugghhh.
Without getting too mired in specific details, I'll just say that the convention really left me with two distinct impressions that tugged in two different directions: It reaffirmed my love for Friendship is Magic as a television show, but lessened my enthusiasm for bronies as a 'distinct community' of fans.
Individual bronies are still awesome; there's some insane levels of creative talent present, and most of the people I met were friendly and likable. But there's a lot of rotten eggs in the batch, and the community's artificial aura of self-importance and 'specialness' really prevents the warts from being adequately addressed.

[shiney]

But there's a lot of rotten eggs in the batch, and the community's artificial aura of self-importance and 'specialness' really prevents the warts from being adequately addressed.

This! Sometimes I just want to say "It's a fantastic show, but it's a show, and you're being really weird and bringing in an element of unsettling strangeness to the whole situations." They are the fat guy in sailor moon outfit.

[Bob The Mercenary]

I agree with his assessment, but you forgot to mention the great Bronycon fire of 2012. One of the overhead lights in the main conference hall apparently ignited and the whole place had to be evacuated for a little while.

Also, with two days and hundreds of pictures to search through, NJ.com decided to use this one (http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/07/male_my_little_pony_fans_gallo.html). The comments section makes for an entertaining read.

[Bells]

Anybody saw this?

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[Aerozord]

Anybody saw this?

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Slow start but not bad

Though out of abridged versions I've seen I prefer friendship is witchcraft (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIfHKfyRO5Y&list=PLC33B53C13174C0EC&feature=plcp)

[Flarecobra]

IMPORTANT NOTES ABOUT SEASON 3!


Hinted to air in Mid-September.
Trixie comes back hinted at.
Derps confermed to return.
Fluttershy turns into a dragon. (Seriously. This was mentioned in the Q&A panel.)
Luna rumored to return.

http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/07/season-3-spike-and-twilight-song-from.html#idc-container

[Aerozord]

Ok guys I've been working on something for awhile now and thought it was time to share. I decided to try my hand at doing reviews

Introduction (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaCPjnF9Q7g) (volume is abit high on first few)
Episode 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5USZkPGOZWg)
Episode 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPVWZ-mnQQs)
Epidode 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLTTmVHLVxQ)
Episode 4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZGB0beYFTk)
Episode 5 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf_V3VlickA)
Episode 6 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0UAom9sCPg)
Episode 7 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDdP0zP6Ex8)
Episode 8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qad66U-SyfQ)

Playlist (http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_805454&feature=iv&index=1&list=PL5EC00CD0C772F4AC&src_vid=Qad66U-SyfQ&v=KaCPjnF9Q7g)

Just wanted some comments and opinions on how I might improve

[Flarecobra]

http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/08/rumor-possible-season-3-images-time-for.html

Bluh.